Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/staupijan

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *staupijaną. Equivalent to *staup (“pitcher, jar, bucket”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*staupijan

  1. (North Sea Germanic) to pour
  2. (North Sea Germanic) to soak, make wet
  3. (North Sea Germanic) to cast metal
Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *staupijan
1st sg. past *staupidā
Infinitive *staupijan
Genitive infin. *staupijannjas
Dative infin. *staupijannjē
Instrum. infin. *staupijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *staupiju *staupidā
2nd singular *staupisi *staupidēs, *staupidōs
3rd singular *staupiþi *staupidē, *staupidā
1st plural *staupijum *staupidum
2nd plural *staupiþ *staupidud
3rd plural *staupijanþ *staupidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *staupijē *staupidī
2nd singular *staupijēs *staupidī
3rd singular *staupijē *staupidī
1st plural *staupijēm *staupidīm
2nd plural *staupijēþ *staupidīd
3rd plural *staupijēn *staupidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *staupi
Plural *staupiþ
Present Past
Participle *staupijandī *staupid
Descendants
  • Old English: *stīepan
    • Middle English: stepen (possibly loaned from Old Norse instead)
  • Old Saxon: *stōpian

Etymology 2

From *staup (“high, steep”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*staupijan[1]

  1. (North Sea Germanic) to elevate, to make high
  2. (North Sea Germanic) to support, to help
Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *staupijan
1st sg. past *staupidā
Infinitive *staupijan
Genitive infin. *staupijannjas
Dative infin. *staupijannjē
Instrum. infin. *staupijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *staupiju *staupidā
2nd singular *staupisi *staupidēs, *staupidōs
3rd singular *staupiþi *staupidē, *staupidā
1st plural *staupijum *staupidum
2nd plural *staupiþ *staupidud
3rd plural *staupijanþ *staupidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *staupijē *staupidī
2nd singular *staupijēs *staupidī
3rd singular *staupijē *staupidī
1st plural *staupijēm *staupidīm
2nd plural *staupijēþ *staupidīd
3rd plural *staupijēn *staupidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *staupi
Plural *staupiþ
Present Past
Participle *staupijandī *staupid
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*staupa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475: “*staupjan-”
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